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It had been a week since his last visit to the JA building. Since this was his third time, he felt quite used to it. The time was 10 in the morning. Since the audition began at 11, there was still around 1 hour left. He visited the brand-name coffee shop on the right of the first floor and bought a café mocha. The sweetness of the chocolate eased the nervousness of his body. Not too long later, people started entering through the rotating door. There were a lot of age groups. They were all wearing casual clothes. It was very likely that many of them had come for the audition. Sipping the coffee, Maru had a look at their faces. There was a college girl who clearly seemed nervous, a youth lazily looking around as well as a couple of men in their 40s greeting each other as though they were acquainted. Many of them seemed to be high schoolers as well.

‘How many people are they planning to pick?' Maru wondered.

The main roles, the supporting roles as well as the extras. The audition today was known to be for picking extras. As the original work of the movie was already revealed, the ones attending the audition today should all have read ‘Twilight Struggles’. A movie adaptation of the book should definitely have some differences to the original, but it...